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JEWBLVBOX. 110.253. 173. Patented Feb. 7.1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GOUGH, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO ELIZUR G. WEBSTER AND ADELBERTWEBSTER, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWEL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,473, dated February'7, 1882.

Application filed November 25, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE GOUGH, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Cover Attachment for J ewelry-Oases and other Boxes, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved coverattachment for jewelry-cases, butter-dishes, sugar boxes,bonbonnieres,and other like articles,whereby the cover can be raised by pushingbackward the bailhandle of the case or box.

p The invention consists in a bail pivoted to the box or casing andresting against or embracing studsprojecting from the sides of the lidor cover, which is hinged to the box or casin g. button or projection toprevent the lid or cover from being opened too far.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a jewelrycase provided with my improvedcover attachment. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation of a modification of the same.

.The lid or cover A is hinged to the box or casing B in some suitablemanner, as shown, and. is provided with two lateral studs or pins, 0,one on each side, which studs or pins 0 pass into or through thelongitudinal slots D of a curved bail, E, which is pivoted to the casingor box B. If the bail E is swung backward'-that is, in the direction ofthe arrow athe studs or pins 0 must move with it, and as the cover orlid A is hinged on the box or casing B this cover will turn on its hingeand will swing open, as indicated by the arrow 1). To close the cover orlid the bail E is moved in the inverse direction of the arrow a. Toprevent the cover from being swung open too far, and for the purpose ofholding it open, the bail E is provided with check knobs or buttons F,against which the studs 0 rest when the lid is open.

It is not necessary that the bail E be slotted The bail is provided witha check.

(Modeh) cover A will be opened by swinging the bail E in the directionof the. arrow 0.. If the cover is to be closed,the bail is simply swungin the inverse direction of the arrow at and the cover drops of its ownweight.

This cover attachment can be applied to jewelry-cases, sugar and candyboxes, butterdishes, and other like articles. It can be made of metal,porcelain, glass, &c.,-or partly of one material and partly of another.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a box and its hingedlid or cover, of a bail pivoted to the box, and of studs or pinsprojecting from the sides of the hinged lid or cover, substantially asherein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the box B and the I hinged lid A, of thelongitudinally-slotted bail E, pivoted to the box B, and of the studs orpins 0, projecting from the lid A through the slots of the bail E,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, with a box and its hinged lid or cover, of a bailpivoted to the box, of lateral studsor pins on the lid or cover,

and of a checking device on the bail, against which checking device thepins are to strike to prevent the cover from being opened too far,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

4. The combination, with the box B and its hinged lid or cover A, of thebail E, pivoted to the box, the studs 0 on the lid A, and the checkbutton or knob F on the bail E, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE GOUGH.

Witnesses G. A. WEBSTER, O. O. LUGKEY.

